Abolish the Department of Education and Get the Federal Government Out of Schooling

The federal government furnishes a relatively tiny amount of K-12 funding—but the feds need relatively little money to exert power. - Neal McCluskey 

• In 2010, the department brought the country to the brink of a national curriculum, coercing states to adopt the Common Core standards and associated tests. 
• Only when teachers unions opposed tying test scores to teacher evaluations did left and right converge against federal overreach...